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CDC not entering into holiday spirit

10:39am Wednesday 1st September 2010

I SEE Cirencester was at its most welcoming to visitors on Bank Holiday Monday. Full charges applied in the car parks, and CDC wardens were out bright and early patrolling the streets. All this when the take-up on the car parks was about one-third of their weekday norm at midday, and when there was less pressure on street parking.

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Parish Church is a place of God not a department store

10:18am Wednesday 1st September 2010

I REGULARLY visit Cirencester as it is my home town, my sister lives in Baunton and my parents’ funeral services were held in the parish church. Late on Saturday afternoon my husband and I visited the church as we were visiting from our home in Bournemouth. We were very disappointed, and somewhat disturbed, immediately upon entering the church. My initial reaction was – have I walked into a sale? The pews had been removed either side, there was an array of carousels displaying the sale of cards, ‘in your face’ requests for monies and in general the whole atmosphere was far removed from that of a church. To top the experience at 4.58pm the vicar instructed everyone, via a microphone, to leave the church as it was 5pm……(indeed, just as a department store!) I fully appreciate that the church requires renovation and we live in difficult financial times, however, as a visitor I would suggest it should be toned down a little and revert to the quietness, reverence and peacefulness that a place of God should provide.

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Thanks for the £5,000 donation

10:15am Wednesday 1st September 2010

ON BEHALF of Cirencester Opportunity Group (COG) I would like to sincerely thank the army, specifically 13 soldiers from the 29th Regiment Royal Logistics Corps, led most ably by Sgt Kevin Dawson for their amazing achievement.

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Meetings about flooding

10:13am Wednesday 1st September 2010

FOLLOWING my letter “All hands to the pumps” on August 19, I thought that your readers in Fairford might like to know that I had a meeting with the Environment Agency (EA) last week and, amongst other issues, I challenged their findings that only 12 properties are at risk of fluvial flooding in Fairford. Robust reasons were given for this based on local knowledge and reports from the families who were flooded in July 2007 and I asked the EA to consider my comments in relation to their figures and the criteria which produced their conclusions.

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Thanks after fall

10:11am Wednesday 1st September 2010

I WOULD like to thank the lovely people who assisted my husband when he fell in Dyer Street on Friday, August 27. They called for an ambulance and remained with my husband and me until it arrived.

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New sign needed

10:01am Wednesday 1st September 2010

CIRENCESTER'S Roman amphitheatre is one of its treasures, but at present it is also one of its best kept secrets. Living near the site, I am constantly being stopped by visitors in Cotswold Avenue trying to locate it.

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Cirencester youngster have been let down

10:04am Wednesday 1st September 2010

AS ONE of the founders 25 years ago, I am appalled that Chyp is now losing its local authority support.

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Cherington Show disabled access was not poor

10:07am Wednesday 1st September 2010

I WAS very surprised to read the comments (Standard, August 19) about poor disabled access to the Cherington Show.

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Homeless charity penalised for giving too much support

10:10am Wednesday 1st September 2010

FURTHER to your article (Standard, August 19) regarding Chyp, it seems incredible that CDC and GCC do not acknowledge the calibre of support offered to youngsters by Chyp. Indeed, when the councils claim that Chyp "was not giving the level of support wanted or fulfulling the conditions of its contract" it is surely truer to say that this is because they in fact exceeded the standards sought by the councils.

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Grant withdrawn from Cirencester Housing for Young People

11:33am Friday 27th August 2010

AS a recently retired employee of Chyp, I was saddened but not surprised to read of the withdrawal of the Supporting People grant for services provided by Chyp to its young residents.

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